welcome! jeremy freese is a professor in sociology at northwestern university. he finds blogging to be a good diversion from insomnia and a far better use of time than television.

Sunday, September 19, 2004

bracing myself for a fall of surly saturdays...

My beloved Hawkeyes, having buoyed my spirits many a Saturday over the past two years (going 22-5 since Fall 2002), had a most inauspicious loss yesterday. More than being beaten badly, they were beat badly by the team with arguably the dorkiest logo in all of major college sport (the Arizona State Sun Devil). Here, a close-up view (note the moustache):

I know! I was at the Iowa-ASU game in Iowa City last year, sitting near the Arizona State fans, no less, and got to watch Sparky become increasingly dejected as the Hawkeyes rolled their way to victory.

hmmm.... i was going to post some comment here, but then i called my parents, came back, and couldn't remember what i was going to write... was i going to tell you that i hoped the hawkeyes lose every game? that sounds like me. or maybe i was going to talk about snidely whiplash. that sounds less like me. soooooo.... i'm gonna go with hoping that your favorite sports teams just lose and lose.